J39.8

J39.8: Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

J39.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J39.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on J39: Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
acute upper respiratory infection (J06.9)
upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.2)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

J39.8 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52466Nebulizers - Policy Article
A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Tracheocele(external) (internal)
Tracheomalacia
Tracheostenosis
Abscess›trachea
Adhesions, adhesive›trachea
Anosmia›postinfectional
Atrophy, atrophic›trachea
Atrophy, atrophic›upper respiratory tract
Calcification›trachea
Cicatrix›trachea
Collapse›trachea
Compression›trachea

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.